Richard O'Shaughnessy (MP)

Richard O'Shaughnessy MVO CB (1842 – 17 August 1918)[1][2] was an Irish Home Rule League politician.

Richard O'Shaughnessy

MP MVO CB
Member of Parliament
for Limerick City
In office
31 January 1874  15 November 1883
Serving with Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett (18791883)
Isaac Butt (18741879)
Preceded byIsaac Butt
George Gavin
Succeeded byDaniel Fitzgerald Gabbett
Edward McMahon
Personal details
Born1842
Limerick, Ireland
DiedAugust 17, 1918(1918-08-17) (aged 75–76)
NationalityIrish
Political partyHome Rule League
Spouse(s)Ellen Potter
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

He was elected Home Rule MP for Limerick City in 1874 and held the seat until he was appointed a registrar of petty sessions clerks in 1883.[3]

After leaving office, he was also Commissioner for Public Works in Ireland from 1891 to 1903, and was considered for the post of Under-Secretary for Ireland twice.[2]

He became a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1900 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1903.[2]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  2. Fehenry, John Matthew. "Pallaskenry RC Church II". Iverus Research Foundation. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Isaac Butt
George Gavin
Member of Parliament for Limerick City
18741883
With: Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett (18791883)
Isaac Butt (18741879)
Succeeded by
Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett
Edward McMahon


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